2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ,THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT ALSO DISCOVERED HIGH RPMS IN THE PROCESS OF SHIFTING GEARS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

WHEN REDUCING SPEED ONCE AT ABOUT 35MPH THE VEHICLE WANTS TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP FROM JAN. 20TH 2015 FEB. 6TH 2015. DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND FIXED THE PROBLEM. I WAS NOT ABLE TO LIST THE DATES UP TOP SO I WILL LIST EVERYTHING HERE. APRIL 29TH 2015 TO APRIL 30TH 2015 VEHICLE HAD A RECALL. RECALL #R05. JULY 13TH - JULY 28TH HAD A PROBLEM WITH GAS. EVERYTIME I WOULD GET GAS WITHIN 20 MILES IT WOULD DROP A QUARTER OF A TANK. DEALERSHIP REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND TESTED IT. ALSO ANOTHER RECALL. RECALL #R40. JUNE 1ST - JUNE 2ND I ADVISED THE DEALERSHIP VEHICLE GOES THROUGH A QUARTER TANK OF GAS WITHIN 20 MILES. THEY LOOKED AT IT AND COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. ALSO ON THIS DATE THEY PERFORMED A FLASH UPDATE FOR POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. ON JULY 31ST MY FIANCEE CAME TO PICK ME UP AT 3PM AFTER WORK AND I GOT A CALL FROM HER STATING THE VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING. SHE HAD OUR NEWBORN BABY ALONG SIDE OF THE ROAD IN 90 DEGREE WEATHER WAITING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER TO PICK HER UP. I GOT A RIDE TO OUR BROKEN DOWN VEHICLE AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. TOW TRUCK CAME AND TOOK US TO DEALERSHIP. I WAITED FOR THE RESULTS AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHY IT HAD DIED SO THEY GAVE ME A RENTAL UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. AUGUST 1ST RECIEVED CALL FROM DEALERSHIP SAYING IT WAS A FAULTY FUEL PUMP THEY HAD INSTALLED JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE. MY VEHICLE WAS IN SERVICE FOR THIS FROM JULY 31ST - AUGUST 4TH. THE PROBLEMS ADD UP NOW I HAVE ANOTHER RECALL FOR THE POWER LIFTGATE CONTROL MODULE, RECALL #R27 AS I CANNOT GET THIS RECALL FIXED YET BECAUSE I WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THEY HAVENT STARTED MANUFACTURING THE PARTS YET. LASTLY, LAST WEEK I WENT TO START VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. TOOK A FEW TIMES AND HAD TO GIVE IT GAS FOR IT TO START. TODAY SEPT. 7TH 2015 VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HAD TO GET IT JUMPED AND GOING TO CALL DEALERSHIP TOMORROW TO GET THIS CHECKED OUT.

I HAVE THE V6 AUTOMATIC. THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE OFF AND I HAVE ADAPTED MY DRIVING STYLE TO COPE WITH THE HESITANT ACCELERATION AND THE CLUNKING/LURCHING WHEN WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE TRAFFIC HAS BEEN STOP AND GO SINCE THE SCHOOLS REOPENED TWO WEEKS EARLIER. SINCE I SPEND MORE TIME IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION NUMBER OF HESITATION AND LURCHING EVENTS HAVE SKYROCKETED. MOST RECENTLY THE VEHICLE LURCHES VIOLENTLY FORWARD WHEN ACCELERATING AND SLOWING DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. THE SEVERITY OF THE LURCH HAS INCREASED AND THE LAST EVEN THREW MY HEAD FORWARD ENOUGH TO STRAIN MY NECK RESULTING IN SEVERAL DAYS OF SORENESS. THIS TRANSMISSION IS BEYOND QUIRKY AND IN MY OPINION POSES A THREAT TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS AS WELL AS OTHER VEHICLES DIRECTLY IN FROM OF IT. THE VEHICLE IS AWAITING DIAGNOSTICS AT THE DEALERSHIP WHO ADVISED THEY ARE WAITING FOR A DECISION FROM CORPORATE WHETHER TO SERVICE THE TRANSMISSION OR REPLACE IT COMPLETELY. PREVIOUSLY THE PCM/TCM WERE FLASHED IN JUNE 24TH 2015 @ 3289 MILES. COMPLAINT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED TO CHRYSLER AS WELL.

TRANSMISSION STALLS ALOT AND IS VERY SLUGGISH , REALLY AFRAID TO LET MY SON RIDE IN THE JEEP BECAUSE IM SCARED WE WILL GET HIT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO POWER TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. MY JEEP ALWAYS WOULD NOT START TODAY AND WHEN I TRIED CRANKING IT THE BRAKES FELT LIKE A ROCK AND COULD NOT BE DEPRESSED ,,, THAT COULD REALLY CAUSE A PROBLEM AND GET MYSELF AND OTHERS HURT IF THE BRAKES DID THAT WHILE DRIVING , THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON THE ROAD THIS ACCURED IN MY DRIVEWAY. SCARED TO REALLY DRIVE THIS JEEP BUT I PAY $940 A MONTH AND YOU WOULD THINK THIS THING WOULD RUN AND DRIVE AND BE SAFE BUT IM NOW WONDERING ABOUT THIS AND I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS JEEP SINCE JULY 20 15 AND IT ONLY HAS 1977 MILES ON IT.HOPE THIS INFO MAY HELP OTHERS.

OWNER PULLED INTO REST STOP GOT OUT TO GO THE RESTROOM WHILE WIFE GOT THEIR 14 MONTH OLD AND 4 YEAR OLD OUT AND PUT THEM IN THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT TO FEED THEM AT THIS TIME THE FONT PASSENGER DOOR WAS OPEN WITH THE UNDER DASH COURTESY LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINS APPROXIMATELY AS WHICH TIME THE DOOR WAS SHUT AND THE CAR PULLED CLOSER TO THE REST STOP AND THE OWNER GOT OUT AND HAD A SNACK LEAVING THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINS WHEN HE RETURNED AND OPENED THE DRIVER DOOR HE SAW SMOKE IN THE INTERIOR COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD AREA. HE OPENED THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND OBSERVED A PILLOW AND A WOMENS PURSE LOCATED IN THE FLOOR BOARD WITH THE PILLOW SMOKING AND FALLING APART. HE PULLED THE FLOOR MAT OUT ON THE GROUND WITH THE PILLOW AND PURSE ON IT AT WHICH TIME THE PILLOW BURST INTO FLAMES. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE PILLOW WHICH WAS THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE FIRE DAMAGE AND MELTING WAS NOTED TO THE AREA OF THE UNDER DASH COURTESY LIGHT ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.

THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING INTERMITTENTLY, BUT THE JEEP IN INOPERABLE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS OCCURRING. THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN STARTING THE CAR OR WHEN THE AUTO START/STOP SEQUENCE OCCURS WHILE DRIVING. THE SCREENS POP UP ON DASH INCLUDING 4WD FAILURE, PARKING BRAKE FAILURE, AND SERVICE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NOW BROUGHT THE JEEP IN 3 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH WITH THE SAME UNRESOLVED TRANSMISSION ISSUE. ON THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED INTO THE LOCAL DEALER, THE SECOND TIME I DROVE IT IN AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE AND THE TCM WAS REPLACED. THE THIRD TIME, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPEAT THE ISSUE AND APPARENTLY THE CODES CLEARED. THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT THE THIRD TIME WAS THE FACT THAT UCONNECT SENT ME AN EMAIL WARNING ME OF THE ISSUE. I HAVE VERY LITTLE CONFIDENCE THAT THIS ISSUE WILL NOT REOCCUR. THE KEY TAKEAWAY OF THE ISSUE IS ONCE I RESTART THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES THE TRANSMISSION EVENTUALLY ENGAGES AND THE VEHICLE IS DRIVE ABLE. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT REMAINS ON, BUT WILL CLEAR SOMETIMES.

WE TOWED THE JEEP BEHIND OUR RV USING A ROADMASTER TOW BAR. AFTER HAVING TRAVELED 10 MILES AT APPROPRIATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WE SLOWED DOWN IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE THAT REQUIRED ALL TRAFFIC TO CONTINUE IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE. THE NEW LANE CROSSED OVER THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY PAVEMENT ON TO THE RECESSED SKIRT OF THE SHOULDER, ABOUT A 2 INCH DROP. AT THAT TIME OUR RV BEGAN TO ROCK, ALERTING US TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE HAD BLOWN A TIRE. WHILE ASSESSING THE SITUATION WE SAW IN OUR REAR CAMERA THAT THE JEEP WAS ROCKING VIOLENTLY, WHICH WAS ALSO WITNESSED BY THE CHP OFFICER THAT FOLLOWED US TO SAFETY.THE TIRES WERE FINE, BUT THE JEEP'S VIOLENT ROCKING WAS ENOUGH TO SCATTER THE CONTENTS OF THE CAR. WE DETACHED THE JEEP WITH A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFICULTY AFTER THE AMOUNT OF TWISTING THAT OCCURRED DURING THE BOUNCING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ALSO ACTIVATED. WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE THE JEEP TO AN AREA THAT ALLOWED US TO RE-ATTACH THE TOW GEAR AND CONTINUE TO OUR DESTINATION.

THE POWERTRAIN IS FREQUENTLY UNRESPONSIVE AND THERE IS OFTEN A SIGNIFICANT LAG TIME BETWEEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AND RECEIVING ANY RESPONSE FROM THE POWERTRAIN WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A FULL STOP. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE RESPONDS IMMEDIATELY BUT OTHER TIMES IT FEELS AS IF IT CAN TAKE A FULL SECOND OR MORE FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESPOND. WHILE THIS IS NOT A BIG ISSUE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT, THIS HAS BECOME A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE COUNTED ON TO RESPOND AND BEGIN ACCELERATING IN A TIMELY MANNER. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE HAS RESPONDED THAT PROBLEM MAY BE MY DRIVING OR MY INEXPERIENCE WITH THE ACTIVE ASSIST II TRANSMISSION, BUT MY PREVIOUS CAR WAS A HYBRID, I KNOW ABOUT ENGINES STOPPING AT SIGNALS. NEVERTHELESS, THE CAR STALLS LESS IF I DISABLE THE ACTIVE ASSIST EVERY TIME THE ENGINE STARTS, ALTHOUGH NOT COMPLETELY. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY REPROGRAMMED THE SYSTEM BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

THE REAR HATCH WON'T STAY CLOSED, CAN'T BE LOCKED. NO WAY TO KEEP HATCH CLOSED! MAYBE I COULD TAPE OUTSIDE OF HATCH? NOT TO SECURE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED BY A MOTOR HOME, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOBBLED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,500.....UPDATED 10-13-15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE ALIGNMENT CHANGE THAT MAY HAVE CORRECTED THE FAILURE. UPDATED 12/15/2015 *JS